Entries on this list meet two criteria: they are active movements with living, active members, and they are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region (as opposed to personal autonomy). What is and is not considered an autonomy or secession movement is, of course, contentious.

Under each region listed is one or more of the following:

Proposed state (proposed name for the seceding state)

De facto state (for regions with de facto autonomy from the government; also replaces proposed state unless both are of different names, such as Taiwan)

Proposed autonomous region (for movements toward greater autonomy but not outright secession; can be used alongside the above fields for the same region)

Government-in-exile (if a government with or without control is based outside of the region in question)

Political party/ies (for organizations involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession)

Rebel organization(s) (for armed organizations; may also be used for political parties that have taken up arms, such as Hamas)

Europe

Various ethnic groups in Europe are seeking greater autonomy or independence. In the European Union, several of these groups are members of the European Free Alliance. In some cases, the group seeks union with a neighboring country.

Pressure group: All local politicians[citation needed], even those in "French" parties, agree to demand a Basque département and co-officiality of Basque language, a demand that has been rejected by the French government.

Picardie (region), by activists are the Picard people. the French government regional committee had planned to subdivide the region and give each one of the 3 departements to neighboring regions of Champagne-Ardenne, Ile-de-France and Nord Pas-de-Calais. The Picard people are divided on this proposal.[citation needed]

Rebel organization: Chechen separatists; though recently Ramzan Kadyrov, the Russian-appointed leader of the Chechen Republic within Russia has also made statements seeming to support an independent Chechnya ruled (of course) by him rather than the separatists; including seizing broad autonomy [63], criticizing Russian attempts to make a "North Caucasus" district [64], inviting back separatist leader Akhmad Zakayev [65], and very warm (and somewhat disturbing for Russia even) support for Abkhaz independence [66]

Proposed state: Circassia, including all regions historically included in Circassia and/or inhabited by Circassians (note: this includes Adygea as well as large parts of Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachey-Cherkessia, Krasnodar Oblast, and Stavropol' Oblast)